mangeait

\mɑ̃.ʒɛ\

/\mɑ̃.ʒɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“mangeait” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,066. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,066
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de manger.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mangeait · mangeait · French

mangeait · rank #19,066 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,066
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mamadou

Nearest frequency peer: Mamadou (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « mangeait »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « mangeait » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mangeait vs mangent
75% similar
mangeait vs manquait
75% similar
mangeait vs mangeant
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mangeait
PropertyValue
Headwordmangeait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mɑ̃.ʒɛ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#19,066
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mangeait »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.mangeaitse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Mamadou » (#19,065), « maintenus » (#19,064), « marquants » (#19,068). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mangeait » est au #19,066. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around mangeait (IPA \mɑ̃.ʒɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,066 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de manger.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for mangeait, with forms such as "amngeait", "magneait", and "manegait". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "mangent", "manquait", "mangeant", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is mangeait, spelled M-A-N-G-E-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de manger.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how mangeait appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il fit si bien qu’il sut à n’en pas douter que c’était Heudicourt qui l’avait mandé; et il en fut d’autant plus piqué que, pour faire sa cour à sa mère, ce mauvais ange de madame de Maintenon, et à madame de Montgon sa sœur, il l’avait adomestiqué, protégé, et, chose fort étrange pour le maréchal, il lui avait souvent, non pas prêté, mais donné de l’argen…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amngeait
  • magneait
  • manegait
  • mangaeit
  • mangeaitt
  • mangeati
  • mangeiat
  • manggeait
  • manngeait
  • mmangeait
  • mnageait

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mangeait - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amngeait2magneait2manegait2mangaeit2mangeaitt1mangeati2mangeiat2manggeait1
Edit distance from "mangeait"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mangeait"?
"mangeait" is spelled M-A-N-G-E-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \mɑ̃.ʒɛ\.
What does "mangeait" mean?
As a verb, "mangeait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de manger.
What words are commonly confused with "mangeait"?
"mangeait" is commonly confused with "mangent", "manquait", "mangeant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mangeait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mangeait" is \mɑ̃.ʒɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mangeait" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mangeait", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list